A Leisurely Hike through Cougar Mountain

On Sunday we decided to take a nice hike of Cougar Mountain, located in Bellevue, WA. It was a short 20 minute drive outside of Seattle. Fortunately Nick warned us that there weren’t any views, because otherwise I feel we would have been pretty heartbroken upon reaching the peak with expectations of a reward. But I guess the reward is the journey or the experience…. ahh… whatever…

In we went…

Tom brought a baguette because he’s one smart fellow.

A premature celebration

Here’s the “amazing view” through a narrow gap in the trees

Brad was like, “damn, that view!”

Tom was obviously cheerful. Can’t get much past him.

There was some pretty intense moss on the trees around Cougar Mountain.

A close up of the moss. It turns greener as you get closer.

Here’s Jenelle in the woods. I think she’s adjusting to the harsh life of the West Coast just fine.

The harsh life…

We also totally found this crazy bench with this crazy life lesson on it

And here was one of the most pathetic waterfalls that I’ve ever seen in my life. For one reason or another, it was listed on the trail map as something to see, and there was even a little trail going to it.

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if you would like to email me, you may do that. the correct address to reach me at is stephen [at] softporcupine [dot] com. the reason why I didn't put in the "at sign" and a "period" is to trick the robots.

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maybe now you're thinking: "oh just another oddball who has a website full of pictures of his cat! hmmph!"